{"id":189,"date":"2014-03-31T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T19:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jo-rahe.com\/books\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:57:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T13:57:25","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-parallax-fixed nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Snow-s2.jpg\");background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20%;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20%;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 50px;margin-top: -55px;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;background-attachment:fixed;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row 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fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><h1>BLOG<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:35px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-pagination\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-no-meta-info fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"1\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-437\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-437 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-friends tag-muse tag-writing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"269\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2014-10-12-13.45.53.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2014-10-12-13.45.53-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2014-10-12-13.45.53-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2014-10-12-13.45.53-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2014-10-12-13.45.53-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2014-10-12-13.45.53.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/my-new-muse\/\">My new Muse<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2014-10-12-13.45.53.jpg\" data-id=\"437\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Cliff edges\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/my-new-muse\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMy new Muse\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/my-new-muse\/\" aria-label=\"My new Muse\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/my-new-muse\/\">My new Muse<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Moving country - exchanging sun, sand and sea for green rolling fields, sheep and cows, I was apprehensive to say the least. Choosing to live deep in the English countryside I began to wonder if I would be lonely. I had my writing, of course, with all my lovely characters, and now, no neighbours to interrupt my day. Life couldn't be better, Could it? After a few months, I began to miss the knock at the door and the \"haven't you finished yet, the sun has gone down over the yardarm\"\u00a0 My nearest watering hole was two miles away. I needed compensation. Then I noticed <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/my-new-muse\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-433\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-433 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-adele tag-artists tag-author tag-best-selling tag-books tag-e-bamford tag-women tag-writing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"202\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit-500x500.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit-700x700.jpg 700w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/adele-and-perfection\/\">Adele and Perfection<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Kermit.jpg\" data-id=\"433\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Kermit\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/adele-and-perfection\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAdele and Perfection\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/adele-and-perfection\/\" aria-label=\"Adele and Perfection\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/adele-and-perfection\/\">Adele and Perfection<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Watching Adele making a mess of her first attempt to sing a tribute to George Michael, the other night, was a reminder of how professional she is. She stopped the performance, apologised to the audience and started the song again, from scratch. The second attempt was pitch-perfect. What a wonderful, talented and beautiful performer she is. Writing is really quite similar. Good writers use the experience gleaned from reviews and feedback to make sure that their books are a perfect as possible. I know, as a writer that it is still quite possible to publish an edited book and discover, after the event, that there <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/adele-and-perfection\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-428\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-428 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-a-tale-of-murder tag-author tag-bamford tag-cosy-mysteries tag-crime tag-five-must-die tag-e-bamford tag-murder-mystery tag-murder-series tag-revenge tag-rich-and-poor tag-secret tag-truth tag-writing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"148\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cropped-4091455565.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cropped-4091455565-220x300.png 220w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cropped-4091455565-500x681.png 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cropped-4091455565-700x954.png 700w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cropped-4091455565-751x1024.png 751w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cropped-4091455565-768x1047.png 768w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cropped-4091455565.png 954w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/getting-away-with-murder\/\">Getting away with murder!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cropped-4091455565.png\" data-id=\"428\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"cropped-4091455565.png\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/getting-away-with-murder\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGetting away with murder!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/getting-away-with-murder\/\" aria-label=\"Getting away with murder!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/getting-away-with-murder\/\">Getting away with murder!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It has been on my mind a lot in the last few weeks. Perhaps it is because my mind is running through the scenarios for future books but, sometimes, I am\u00a0 not so sure. The thing is, we are selling our house. Sounds simple - sounds uncomplicated... it is, after all a super house - but - what about Brexit, I am asked? Is it too big? Another says...If the house is so great, why are you leaving? ...because we want to live in another country and the house won't fit in the van! The next estate agent who comes near, will need to leave <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/getting-away-with-murder\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-425\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-425 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inspiration category-on-writing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/frustration\/\">Frustration!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Today I needed the answer to a simple question, so I Googled it. To my horror, umpteen million sites appeared and, before I knew it, it was lunchtime and I had wasted a whole morning and still hadn\u2019t found what I was looking for! I had, however, found an amazing recipe for Chicken Fricassee, but my heroine can\u2019t cook. I also discovered the shortest route from New York to Tampa, but the book isn\u2019t set in America. The crowning glory is that I now have a total mastery of Manga comics, but my book isn\u2019t illustrated\u2026 HELP! \u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-421\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-421 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-about-the-author category-inspiration category-on_books category-on-writing category-until-death tag-a-tale-of-murder tag-bamford tag-cosy-mysteries tag-crime tag-the-pact tag-detective-women tag-mayhem tag-murder-series tag-mystery tag-writing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/new--320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/new--320x202.jpg 320w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/new--700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/new-book-started\/\">New Book Started!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/new-.jpg\" data-id=\"421\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"new\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/new-book-started\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNew Book Started!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/about-the-author\/\" rel=\"tag\">About the Author<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on_books\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Books<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/until-death\/\" rel=\"tag\">Until Death<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/new-book-started\/\" aria-label=\"New Book Started!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/new-book-started\/\">New Book Started!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Actually, the new book \"Until Death\" is just over half way. I had hoped to have it finished by Christmas, but now that the distractions of December are on the horizon - that might be a big ask. You will know, from the article that was in the last 5Ws Magazine, that I am a bit of a worrier. Now, I am worrying about the nitty gritty\u00a0 - I know what happens at the end - and I know how all the characters get there, but do they need to stop off at the supermarket and pick up mince pies on the way. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/new-book-started\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-414\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-414 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-five-must-die category-on-writing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"153\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/9781908135933-e1457537856868.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/9781908135933-e1457537856868-350x463.jpg 350w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/9781908135933-e1457537856868.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price-part-two\/\">Recommended Retail Price Part Two<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/9781908135933-e1457537856868.jpg\" data-id=\"414\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"9781908135933\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price-part-two\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRecommended Retail Price Part Two\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/five-must-die\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death Pledge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price-part-two\/\" aria-label=\"Recommended Retail Price Part Two\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price-part-two\/\">Recommended Retail Price Part Two<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Following on from my random thoughts a couple of months ago (about RRP and what effect that can have on our perception of a book). I have decided to do a random experiment on pricing... All the ebook prices of Death Pledge have been reduced to 1.99 in what ever currency they were originally priced - so $1.99 and \u00a31.99 and \u20ac1.99 - yes, I am perfectly aware that has a different value in different currencies - but, as the original retail price was \u00a33.50 transmogrified by the mystical Amazon Currency converter to its equivalent across the world, it is still a bargain in every <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price-part-two\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-412\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-412 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-rio-conspiracy category-on_books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-extract\/\">Death in Rio Extract<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Following the amazing Olympic performance by all the participants has been a pleasure, but the odd news broadcast has brought reminders of how much simmers below the surface in Rio.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-407\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-407 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-rio-conspiracy category-on_books\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"270\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-05-21-13.12.16-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-05-21-13.12.16-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-05-21-13.12.16-500x373.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-05-21-13.12.16-700x523.jpg 700w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-05-21-13.12.16-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-05-21-13.12.16-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-05-21-13.12.16-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/life-in-rio\/\">Life in Rio?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2015-05-21-13.12.16-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"407\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Atmosphere\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/life-in-rio\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLife in Rio?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/the-rio-conspiracy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death in Rio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on_books\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Books<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/life-in-rio\/\" aria-label=\"Life in Rio?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/life-in-rio\/\">Life in Rio?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Death in Rio!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-402\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-402 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-death-stings category-on-writing category-the-website-and-social-media\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"153\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DeathStings-e1465828668614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Death Stings\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price\/\">Recommended Retail Price ???<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DeathStings-e1465828668614.jpg\" data-id=\"402\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Death Stings\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRecommended Retail Price ???\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/death-stings\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death Stings<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/the-website-and-social-media\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Website and Social Media<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price\/\" aria-label=\"Recommended Retail Price ???\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price\/\">Recommended Retail Price ???<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I was a bit startled to see my latest book was selling for over 1,800 - well wouldn't you be when the RRP is only \u00a39.99? I was indignant and went dashing to the website and checked everything I could, to work out how someone somewhere was selling Death Stings for 1,790 more than the price brand new from the publisher... It took a few minutes to register the problem... then I realised my book has gone into Japan \ud83d\ude42 that was 1,809 Yen \ud83d\ude42 \ud83d\ude42 https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Death-Stings-Chasing-Dead-Bamford\/dp\/1908135751 Phew \ud83d\ude42 Tho' I do have some signed copies that I would be willing to part with for <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/recommended-retail-price\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-334\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-on-writing category-the-website-and-social-media tag-a-tale-of-murder tag-author tag-books tag-cosy-mysteries tag-cozy-mysteries tag-death-in-rio tag-the-pact tag-five-must-die tag-death-stings tag-e-bamford tag-edit tag-first-edition tag-may tag-murder tag-murders tag-mystery tag-pre-order tag-review tag-secret tag-truth tag-very-excited tag-writing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"202\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"E Bamford, Author\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo-32x32.jpg 32w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo-180x180.jpg 180w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo-192x192.jpg 192w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo-270x270.jpg 270w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/very-excited\/\">Very Excited<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/cropped-squarelogo.jpg\" data-id=\"334\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"E Bamford\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/very-excited\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVery Excited\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/the-website-and-social-media\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Website and Social Media<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/very-excited\/\" aria-label=\"Very Excited\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/very-excited\/\">Very Excited<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Death Stings publishing date has been set as May 31st - Will be setting up a pre-order form on the website at the beginning of May so that you can get the first edition hot of the Press - before Amazon has it \ud83d\ude42 !!!<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-330\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-about-the-author category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-a-tale-of-murder tag-author tag-books tag-cosy-mysteries tag-cozy-mysteries tag-death-in-rio tag-the-pact tag-five-must-die tag-e-bamford tag-edit tag-murder tag-murders tag-mystery tag-review tag-secret tag-truth tag-writing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"254\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-3-e1457021500196.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-3-e1457021500196-350x279.jpg 350w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-3-e1457021500196-500x398.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-3-e1457021500196.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/the-value-of-a-review\/\">The Value of a Review<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-3-e1457021500196.jpg\" data-id=\"330\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Carnival Mask\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/the-value-of-a-review\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Value of a Review\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/about-the-author\/\" rel=\"tag\">About the Author<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/the-value-of-a-review\/\" aria-label=\"The Value of a Review\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/the-value-of-a-review\/\">The Value of a Review<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>When you are writing, whether it be as a self-published author or working with an editor through a publishing house, as I do now, it is difficult to keep a clear perspective on the overall book. After months of proofing, rewrites and tweaking, part of the original joy, putting pen to paper, evaporates a little. When a reader takes the time to offer feedback, whether on early less edited books or on new books, whether positive or negative, it is a rewarding experience. To know that someone thought enough of the book to find it worth making a comment is wonderful. Criticisms need to be <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/the-value-of-a-review\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-310\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-310 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-pact category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-bamford tag-cosy-mysteries tag-cozy-mysteries tag-crime tag-the-pact tag-detective-women tag-hollywood tag-kidnapping tag-lies tag-mayhem tag-movies tag-murder tag-murder-mystery tag-murder-series tag-secrets\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"169\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/website-Death-Pact.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/website-Death-Pact-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/website-Death-Pact-500x264.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/website-Death-Pact-700x369.jpg 700w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/website-Death-Pact-768x405.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/website-Death-Pact.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-2-locations\/\">Death Pact \u2013 Inspiration Part 2 \u2013 Locations<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/website-Death-Pact.jpg\" data-id=\"310\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Beverley Hills\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-2-locations\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeath Pact \u2013 Inspiration Part 2 \u2013 Locations\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/the-pact\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death Pact<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-2-locations\/\" aria-label=\"Death Pact \u2013 Inspiration Part 2 \u2013 Locations\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-2-locations\/\">Death Pact \u2013 Inspiration Part 2 \u2013 Locations<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Death Pact is largely located in Beverley Hills, Hollywood and Mexico, so it was important to refresh my memory of all these locations with pictures.  <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-308\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-308 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-pact category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-cozy-mysteries tag-danger tag-death tag-the-pact tag-hollywood tag-kidnapping tag-murders tag-revenge tag-secret tag-secrets tag-secrets-and-lies tag-truth\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"153\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pact-e1457537932777.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-1-secrets-and-lies\/\">Death Pact \u2013 Inspiration Part 1 \u2013 Secrets and Lies<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/pact-e1457537932777.jpg\" data-id=\"308\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Death Pact\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-1-secrets-and-lies\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeath Pact \u2013 Inspiration Part 1 \u2013 Secrets and Lies\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/the-pact\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death Pact<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-1-secrets-and-lies\/\" aria-label=\"Death Pact \u2013 Inspiration Part 1 \u2013 Secrets and Lies\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-1-secrets-and-lies\/\">Death Pact \u2013 Inspiration Part 1 \u2013 Secrets and Lies<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>As the third book in the Tale of Murder Series, it was important to make sure that the key elements of the plot did not echo those of the previous two books. This book had to be different and it had to be built from a different perspective. As an author, I was concerned that with the first two books written from a woman's point of view, I might be boxing myself into a corner. This time I needed a hero - someone who would stand apart from the previous books in terms of location, outlook and expectation. This had to be a man with <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pact-inspiration-part-1-secrets-and-lies\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-286\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-286 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-five-must-die category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-cosy-mysteries tag-cozy-mysteries tag-death tag-five-must-die tag-hong-kong tag-inspiration tag-murders tag-revenge tag-secret tag-truth\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"303\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MarcJohnson-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MarcJohnson-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MarcJohnson-350x233.jpg 350w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MarcJohnson-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MarcJohnson-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MarcJohnson-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-2-hong-kong-greece-and-paris\/\">Death Pledge  Inspiration Part 2  Hong Kong<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MarcJohnson-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"286\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Streetside altar\" data-caption=\"Joss sticks burn at a streetside altar in Macau, a Special Administrative Region of China.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-2-hong-kong-greece-and-paris\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeath Pledge  Inspiration Part 2  Hong Kong\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/five-must-die\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death Pledge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-2-hong-kong-greece-and-paris\/\" aria-label=\"Death Pledge  Inspiration Part 2  Hong Kong\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-2-hong-kong-greece-and-paris\/\">Death Pledge  Inspiration Part 2  Hong Kong<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A lot of the tension is built up by the murderer's relentless pursuit of his victims. It was important to convey the localities and the tension. Part of establishing tension is to first set the mood of everything being normal. Hongkong  <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-277\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-277 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-five-must-die category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-cosy-mysteries tag-cozy-mysteries tag-danger tag-death tag-five-must-die tag-guildford tag-hampshire tag-murder tag-murders tag-mystery tag-revenge tag-surrey\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"282\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Website-Death-Pledge.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Website-Death-Pledge-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Website-Death-Pledge-500x359.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Website-Death-Pledge-700x502.jpg 700w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Website-Death-Pledge-768x551.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Website-Death-Pledge.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-1-england\/\">Death Pledge &#8211; Inspiration Part 1 &#8211; England<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Website-Death-Pledge.jpg\" data-id=\"277\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Hampshire Fields\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-1-england\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeath Pledge &#8211; Inspiration Part 1 &#8211; England\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/five-must-die\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death Pledge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-1-england\/\" aria-label=\"Death Pledge &#8211; Inspiration Part 1 &#8211; England\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-1-england\/\">Death Pledge &#8211; Inspiration Part 1 &#8211; England<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>As Death Pledge (originally Five Must Die) was my first published novel, it took a lot of research to get the feel for the places, people and circumstances that could be used as the setting for the book. The story-line was there, from the start, but where to set an international killer and his activities that could be written about with any authority? As an English writer, the British part of the book was fairly simple and loosely based on places, in Surrey and Hampshire, where I have lived and loved. Hong Kong was also a straightforward choice as a location I have explored and <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-pledge-inspiration-part-1-england\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-267\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-267 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-rio-conspiracy category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-abandoned-children tag-bamford tag-brazil tag-cosy-mysteries tag-cozy-mysteries tag-crime tag-death-in-rio tag-detective-women tag-drugs tag-favellas tag-gangs tag-mayhem tag-mexico tag-murder tag-murder-mystery tag-murder-series tag-rich-and-poor tag-shanty-towns\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-3\/\">Death in Rio \u2013 Inspiration Pt 3<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Part 2 of a small series of short articles that gives an idea of how imagery can really inspire stories and the characters that I use. People are hugely important to any story but it is easy to visualise the hero and heroine as they are part of the core story. Where it becomes more problematic is to see the supporting characters and make sure that the vision is shared in the storyline. The images that helped me were similar to these.  <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-248\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-248 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-rio-conspiracy category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-bamford tag-cosy-mysteries tag-cozy-mysteries tag-crime tag-death-in-rio tag-the-pact tag-five-must-die tag-detective-women tag-drugs tag-gangs tag-mayhem-death-stings tag-murder tag-murder-mystery tag-murder-series tag-rich-and-poor tag-shanty-towns\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"303\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-2-500x334.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-2-700x467.jpg 700w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-2.jpg 982w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-2\/\">Death in Rio \u2013 Inspiration Pt 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Website-Death-in-Rio-No-2.jpg\" data-id=\"248\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Celebrations and Spectacle\" data-caption=\"Dancers of Porto da Pedra samba school parade on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Feb.  20, 2012. (AP Photo\/Felipe Dana)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeath in Rio \u2013 Inspiration Pt 2\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/the-rio-conspiracy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death in Rio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-2\/\" aria-label=\"Death in Rio \u2013 Inspiration Pt 2\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-2\/\">Death in Rio \u2013 Inspiration Pt 2<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Part 2 of a small series of short articles that gives an idea of how imagery can really inspire stories and the characters that I use. Pictures are a wonderful source for ideas and characters - having decided to discover more about Rio de Janeiro, it was important to get a feel for the locations that would be important. As the video in the last story mentioned, Rio has a huge population in a very small area which is surrounded by both mountainous regions and agricultural land. So I needed photos - and here are a few that I found.  <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-245\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-245 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-rio-conspiracy category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-bamford tag-cosy-mysteries tag-cozy-mysteries tag-crime tag-death-in-rio tag-the-pact tag-five-must-die tag-detective-women tag-drugs tag-gangs tag-mayhem-death-stings tag-murder tag-murder-mystery tag-murder-series tag-rich-and-poor tag-shanty-towns\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/favelas-51318_1920-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/favelas-51318_1920-320x202.jpg 320w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/favelas-51318_1920-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-1\/\">Death in Rio &#8211; Inspiration Pt 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/favelas-51318_1920.jpg\" data-id=\"245\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"favelas-51318_1920\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-1\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeath in Rio &#8211; Inspiration Pt 1\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/the-rio-conspiracy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death in Rio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-1\/\" aria-label=\"Death in Rio &#8211; Inspiration Pt 1\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-1\/\">Death in Rio &#8211; Inspiration Pt 1<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I am always being asked how I come up with my plots. I thought that I would start a small series of short articles that give an idea of how imagery can really inspire stories and the characters that I use. Death in Rio is probably the simplest title to start with, even though it is technically number Two in the Tale of Murder series.\u00a0 Written a few years before the World Cup in Brazil highlighted the dichotomy between the rich enjoying the Carnival atmosphere for which Rio de Janeiro is famous and the poor who live in shanty towns and ghettos. This Journeyman TV <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/death-in-rio-inspiration-pt-1\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-241\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-241 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-rio-conspiracy category-the-pact category-five-must-die\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"320\" height=\"116\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/header_vsmall1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/header_vsmall1-300x108.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/header_vsmall1-500x181.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/header_vsmall1-700x253.jpg 700w, http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/header_vsmall1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/christmas-offer-death-by-christmas\/\">Christmas Offer &#8220;Death by Christmas&#8221;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/header_vsmall1.jpg\" data-id=\"241\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"header_vsmall\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/christmas-offer-death-by-christmas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChristmas Offer &#8220;Death by Christmas&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/the-rio-conspiracy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death in Rio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/the-pact\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death Pact<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/five-must-die\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death Pledge<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/christmas-offer-death-by-christmas\/\" aria-label=\"Christmas Offer &#8220;Death by Christmas&#8221;\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/christmas-offer-death-by-christmas\/\">Christmas Offer &#8220;Death by Christmas&#8221;<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A Christmas Shopping Special\u00a0 - A 20% Discount on your next order (regardless of size) from E. Bamford's Death Series of Murder Mysteries when bought via www.ebamford.com - valid until January 6th 2016 The Special\u00a0 Coupon Code is deathbychristmas Enter Coupon details on Checkout<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-62\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-62 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-the-rio-conspiracy category-inspiration category-on-writing tag-accidents tag-action tag-bare-feet tag-brazil tag-charity tag-danger tag-death tag-flavelas tag-football tag-gangs tag-jo-rahe tag-justice tag-kidnap tag-kids tag-mayhem tag-murder tag-murders tag-mystery tag-poor tag-revenge tag-rio tag-rio-de-janeiro tag-street tag-tourist tag-truth\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\n<div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"106\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/favela-brazilian-hillside-shantytown-rio-de-janeiro-braz_003.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/inspiration-and-brazil\/\">Inspiration and Brazil<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/favela-brazilian-hillside-shantytown-rio-de-janeiro-braz_003.jpg\" data-id=\"62\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Huge tracts of land dedicated to slum housing\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/inspiration-and-brazil\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInspiration and Brazil\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/the-rio-conspiracy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Death in Rio<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/inspiration\/\" rel=\"tag\">Inspiration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/category\/on-writing\/\" rel=\"tag\">On Writing<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/inspiration-and-brazil\/\" aria-label=\"Inspiration and Brazil\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebamford.com\/info\/inspiration-and-brazil\/\">Inspiration and Brazil<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I met some wonderful people at a charity event who ran a farm for the street children in Brazil. 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